UN in your language

Green Week: Making It Happen!

01.06.2016 – The 2016 edition of Green Week, the biggest annual occasion to debate and discuss European environment policy, is taking place this week. It focuses on the theme "Investing for a greener future".

Investing is about more than money. It's about creating jobs and taking people out of unemployment. It's about ensuring our children breathe cleaner air on their way to school, it's about using raw materials and resources more efficiently, it's about preventing waste, and much more besides.

The many facets of green investment feature throughout the week. Events and activities are taking place across Europe, centred round a high-level conference in Brussels today Wednesday 1 June, with a wide variety of organisations and partners taking part.

To show how the investments of today can help a "greener future" become a reality, each day of the week focuses on different aspects of the theme.

What’s on?

MondayHow can investing for greener cities improve the quality of urban life, which provides so many of the resources that our society needs?TuesdayHow can we secure our future through investments in the countryside?WednesdayHow do we find the financing for our needs?ThursdayHow best can we invest in our oceans?FridayFrom a global outlook, how can we invest in sustainable development for future generations?

When the Security Council approaches the final stage of negotiation of a draft resolution the text is printed in blue... What's in Blue helps interested UN readers keep up with what might soon be "in blue".

The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.